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D'aww, ever since my cousin told me about Pokémon X and Y, I just had to find out if it was real. Low and behold I've discovered it does exist AND I've fallen in love with the Fire-Type starter Fennekin. =D I've kind of noticed that the Pokémon Co. makes the starters absolutely adorable/cool then they make their evolution's look pretty awesome. When it comes out in North America, I'm definitely getting either version and choosing Fennekin as my starter. When I get a 3DS...

"I am who I was meant to be, and being me is all I want to be." ~ r a g e

D'aww, ever since my cousin told me about Pokémon X and Y, I just had to find out if it was real. Low and behold I've discovered it does exist AND I've fallen in love with the Fire-Type starter Fennekin. =D I've kind of noticed that the Pokémon Co. makes the starters absolutely adorable/cool then they make their evolution's look pretty awesome. When it comes out in North America, I'm definitely getting either version and choosing Fennekin as my starter. When I get a 3DS...

yeah i still have to get my 3ds as well
i'm just hoping fennekin isn't a fire/flying like people keep saying

For Fennekin, I can only ask: NO FIRE/FIGHTING, STAY QUADRUPEDAL! And, I mean, Fennekin is around for three days and he is already on his way to rule the Internet. He's just a beast like that!
And, yeah, I can see Chespin being Grass/Dark, but not Grass/Ground as much.

Look what I found on Serebii, a news feed clearly states that Nintendo has already confirmed that the types of Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie will be pure Grass, Fire, and Water respectively.
so... I guess you don't have to argue about their types anymore.

The actual news feed says:

"Nintendo has sent out some new details regarding Pokémon X & Y. Specifically, it has confirmed that the types of Chespin, Fennekin and Froakie will be pure Grass, Fire and Water respectively. In addition to that, they have released six direct feed screenshots of the Pokémon in battle, which have been added to our screenshot page. Click the image to go to our page

Look what I found on Serebii, a news feed clearly states that Nintendo has already confirmed that the types of Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie will be pure Grass, Fire, and Water respectively.
so... I guess you don't have to argue about their types anymore.

The actual news feed says:

"Nintendo has sent out some new details regarding Pokémon X & Y. Specifically, it has confirmed that the types of Chespin, Fennekin and Froakie will be pure Grass, Fire and Water respectively. In addition to that, they have released six direct feed screenshots of the Pokémon in battle, which have been added to our screenshot page. Click the image to go to our page

Until Next Time, See Ya"

that's the types of chespin, froakie, and fennekin not their evolutions types -_-
the only beggining stage starter to not be pure typing is bulbasaur

Sorry for the off-topicness of this post, but I feel the need to defend the Pokémon of Gen V here right now. It's quite long so I'll put it in a spoiler.

Spoiler:- Ramblings:

Firstly, let's address the similarity issue. Yes, Gen V does have some "replacements", or similar Pokémon to those from the first generation (and in one case third gen). Besides the fact that it's already been pointed out that this was intentional, and mirrors the real world...

...there remains the fact that this is a minority of Gen V Pokémon, and that if you look at the generation as a whole, there are many unique Pokémon, with design concepts from many ideas that had previously not been seen in the franchise. The similar Pokémon cited in the last couple of pages of this thread are - Woobat, Alomomola, Bouffalant, Frillish/Jellicent, Roggenrola, Timburr, and Tympole. The only others I can think of off the top of my head are Trubbish and possibly Klink. Firstly, this is nowhere near "almost all the Pokémon" from Gen V, and secondly, as previously stated, all of these Pokémon have something that makes them different from their Gen I/III counterparts, whether it be stat-wise, (such as Alomomola when compared to Luvdisc, or Bouffalant focusing on Defense compared to Tauros' Speed), design-wise, (such as Gigalith and Golem or Conkeldurr and Machamp looking completely different from each other), or typing, (such as the Frillish line's Water/Ghost typing compared with Tentacool's Water/Poison, Woobat's Psychic/Flying compared to Zubat's Poison/Flying, or Poliwrath's Water/Fighting compared to Seismitoad's Water/Ground).

Now that that's out of the way, let's look at the majority of the generation that don't fall under the above category. Oh wow, look at all the unique Pokémon! Ok, sarcasm aside, Gen V brought a huge amount of awesome new Pokémon for us to play with. For typings, we saw the first Bug/Electric, Bug/Fire, Dark/Steel, Electric/Ground, Dark/Dragon, Grass/Steel, Bug/Rock, Ground/Ghost, Ground/Dark, Normal/Grass, Ghost/Fire, Water/Ghost, and Dark/Fighting type Pokémon, not to mention the Legendary typings of Dragon/Fire, Dragon/Electric, Dragon/Ice, Rock/Figthing, and Fire/Psychic (plus a pure Flying type). That's a substantial amount of types we hadn't previously seen. The Pokémon themselves include some Pokémon based off a Japanese bandit (Bisharp), a legendary eight-headed and eight-tailed Japanese dragon known as Yamata no Orochi, and also a hydra (Hydreigon), a lizard, and a design that also draws on rough youth stereotypes (Scrafty), a chandelier with Hitodama fire (Chandelure), an ape and a Daruma doll (Darmanitan), a sarcophagus (Cofagrigus), and cells/embryo/an amoeba (Reuniclus). And that's just naming a few.

You've also got my favourite, Volcarona, which I think Animalguy001 sums up pretty well in his video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YB4zoXY-hA) counting down his favourite Pokémon (skip to around 22:00 for Volcarona's entry):

On top of the concepts mentioned in the video, Bulbapedia also lists at least three more concepts Volcarona could be based off, including a lotus flower, and a seraph (a type of angel associated with fire).

Whilst I don't completely agree with the statement that it's more creative than the entirety of Gen I, it certainly trumps a lot of it. It also trumps the suggestion that GameFreak are running out of ideas, along with the other Pokémon I listed above.

Finally, I often see complaints about the uncreativity of Pokémon such as Vanilluxe (which I actually thought was quite creative) or Trubbish, or Pokémon that just seem based off of regular animals. Well, Gen I also had its fair share of uncreative Pokémon, such as Grimer/Muk, Voltorb/Electrode, and Ditto, and the majority of that generation was just based off of animals. At least some of the animals used for Pokémon in Gen V were animals that hadn't been used before (Meerkat, Zebra), or had other unique things about them (Sawsbuck's seasonal form changes). What I'm saying is, there will always be some Pokémon each generation that some people will find uncreative, but then, there are Pokémon like that in every generation. It certainly doesn't mean GameFreak are running out of ideas - I'd actually say the contrary, GameFreak seem full of ideas to me, and are getting more creative each generation.

And that, I think, about sums up my post. Please excuse my rambling.

On topic, I hope we get more information on the starters and/or their evolutions soon. I really want Fennekin to be a fast special-attacker with its final stage being Fire/Psychic. I'd also love it if you could get another of the three starters, if not both of them, later on in the game (after beating the league or completing the regional dex or something).

you are a beautiful person. people who hate generation five boggle my mind. especially since it is always the same thing over and over again that's been proven wrong a thousand times. if you want to hate on something, go to another fandom! pokemon fans love pokemon and have at least enough respect for game freak, who CREATED EVERYTHING WE LOVE, to not constantly sneer "running out of ideas, jackasses?". get over yourselves. for real.

still hoping fennekin evolves butt ugly.

and yes, only the first forms are confirmed pure types. we have no info about their evolutions.

New to forum so i apologize if this has been said before but my opinion on starter types are Chespin final evo possibly being Grass/Fight, Froakie being Water/Poison, and Fennekin being a pure Fire Type. This is based on the idea that Ninetales, who most people consider Fennekin to be very similar to, is able to learn a few Psychic type moves (Zen Headbutt, Calm Mind, Psychock) and therefore it's evo does not necessarily need to be a Fire/Psychic type. Froakie's evo for me is a toss up between Water/Poison type and a Water/Fighting type but as i truly believe that Chespin's will be Grass/Fight Type (if not then Pure Grass is my second thought), i went with Water/Poison. This is most likely wrong but it is just my opinion.

New to forum so i apologize if this has been said before but my opinion on starter types are Chespin final evo possibly being Grass/Fight, Froakie being Water/Poison, and Fennekin being a pure Fire Type. This is based on the idea that Ninetales, who most people consider Fennekin to be very similar to, is able to learn a few Psychic type moves (Zen Headbutt, Calm Mind, Psychock) and therefore it's evo does not necessarily need to be a Fire/Psychic type. Froakie's evo for me is a toss up between Water/Poison type and a Water/Fighting type but as i truly believe that Chespin's will be Grass/Fight Type (if not then Pure Grass is my second thought), i went with Water/Poison. This is most likely wrong but it is just my opinion.

interesting speculation
why do you think chespin will be grass/fighting?
main speculation is grass/dark which is opposite

shouldn't they be releasing more info on the game soon?
i mean it's been over a month now and i'm going crazy over it

Wait maybe 3 more days then CoroCoro should start leaking.

Although not related to the thread, Smash is to "uncover the secrets of the Eevee short" today I believe. While this doesn't confirm or show any sign of a new Eeveelution, it could be a possibility, considering today's Smash is near CoroCoro.

For me, Fennekin has the best design. Recently the fire type starters have been getting worse and worse, it's nice to see a fire starter that has some elegance and isn't just stocky, big and ugly. I'm hoping that it will be a fire/psychic/dark because it would make for an unusual combination, but it's probably just going to be a fire type and nothing else. Chespin looks good too, and unusually isn't the 'girlie choice' it's design looks quite stocky and strong, so maybe it will be also a fighting type. Froakie is my least favorite, mainly because I have a fear of frogs, but also because there has already been a few pokemon based off frogs and toads already.

interesting speculation
why do you think chespin will be grass/fighting?
main speculation is grass/dark which is opposite

I can see Chespin having the best attack power of the three. He looks way too innocent not become a total badass of some sort ha. Also, no matter how much people hate the Fire/Fighting combination (including myself), GF still seems to stick with it so i feel as though they are not going to drop it for this generation. Although Grass/Dark would be equally as badass.

I can see Chespin having the best attack power of the three. He looks way too innocent not become a total badass of some sort ha. Also, no matter how much people hate the Fire/Fighting combination (including myself), GF still seems to stick with it so i feel as though they are not going to drop it for this generation. Although Grass/Dark would be equally as badass.

grass/dark is a fun offensive combo (shiftry being an example of that)
and i wouldn't disregard game freak's ability to change just yet. after all BW2 were VERY different from the other games and they made a lot of changes so i'm expecting different features in this coming up gen

grass/dark is a fun offensive combo (shiftry being an example of that)
and i wouldn't disregard game freak's ability to change just yet. after all BW2 were VERY different from the other games and they made a lot of changes so i'm expecting different features in this coming up gen

Good point. Id say my speculation is more wishful thinking as i breezed through Emerald with Breloom. Either way at the moment my starter is Chespin, unless Fennekin or Froakie has an amazing secondary typing (ive heard speculation of a Froakie Water/Psychic type that looks like a wizard with a glorious beard!)

Good point. Id say my speculation is more wishful thinking as i breezed through Emerald with Breloom. Either way at the moment my starter is Chespin, unless Fennekin or Froakie has an amazing secondary typing (ive heard speculation of a Froakie Water/Psychic type that looks like a wizard with a glorious beard!)

All I'm hearing about is wizards and knights. Because Oshawott was a samurai?
I'm expecting Sinnoh-like starters, in the way that they are all animals, and not royalty/samurai. I love the gen V starters, so don't get rubbed the wrong way.

Notice how small and modest my signature is. Yay! You can see more than one post at a time! Isn't that just wonderful?

All I'm hearing about is wizards and knights. Because Oshawott was a samurai?
I'm expecting Sinnoh-like starters, in the way that they are all animals, and not royalty/samurai. I love the gen V starters, so don't get rubbed the wrong way.

Fully agree. The gen V starters were good, but hopefully it leans towards more of a gen III (excluding Meganium who i see as the same Pokemon but with larger leafs/flowers around its neck) and gen IV looking pokemon. Although i wouldn't mind a Water/Psychic type starter evo.

For me, Fennekin has the best design. Recently the fire type starters have been getting worse and worse, it's nice to see a fire starter that has some elegance and isn't just stocky, big and ugly. I'm hoping that it will be a fire/psychic/dark because it would make for an unusual combination, but it's probably just going to be a fire type and nothing else. Chespin looks good too, and unusually isn't the 'girlie choice' it's design looks quite stocky and strong, so maybe it will be also a fighting type. Froakie is my least favorite, mainly because I have a fear of frogs, but also because there has already been a few pokemon based off frogs and toads already.

I COMPLETELY agree, with the fire starters. Actually, since the 5th starters, it's been a mess. When they were first released, I was quite happy. But, whoever designed the evolved forms, they should be sent to... Jail.
Froakie looks very different then the other frogs. He actually looks like frog!

I COMPLETELY agree, with the fire starters. Actually, since the 5th starters, it's been a mess. When they were first released, I was quite happy. But, whoever designed the evolved forms, they should be sent to... Jail.
Froakie looks very different then the other frogs. He actually looks like frog!

water psychic would be cool but if chespin does become grass/dark froakie would get destroyed
breloom is cool though

That's why i was hoping for a Grass/Fighting, Fire, Water/Poison type evolutions so there is no real advantage over the other starters, other than the normal ones. I'm not a fan of the Grass/Dark, Fire/Psychic, Water/Fighting rumors that are circulating around. Personally, my main preference is for all starters to have pure types for all their evolution's.

I COMPLETELY agree, with the fire starters. Actually, since the 5th starters, it's been a mess. When they were first released, I was quite happy. But, whoever designed the evolved forms, they should be sent to... Jail.
Froakie looks very different then the other frogs. He actually looks like frog!

That is a matter of opinion and the person who designed them nearly designed all the other Pokemon lmao.

I guess Serperior was... Okay. I was REALLY hoping that Samurott was Water/Rock. Also, there movepools were really bad.
Samurott, Water-Move, Ice-Move, uh...
Serperior, Grass-Move, uh...
Emboar, Fire-Move, Fighting-Move, uh...
It is my opinion, along with my brothers, that Ruby/Sapphire is a lot better than Black/White. You can go against, I don't mind.
However, I REALLY like Black2/White2.

I guess Serperior was... Okay. I was REALLY hoping that Samurott was Water/Rock. Also, there movepools were really bad.
Samurott, Water-Move, Ice-Move, uh... Megahorn everything
Serperior, Grass-Move, uh... Hidden Power and Dragon Pulse?
Emboar, Fire-Move, Fighting-Move, uh...You must be trolling on this one